Allied Tribes vs Skool: pricing, fees and features

The short answer

Choose Allied Tribes if you want to start free or for $11 a month and keep your group, courses, events, live video and paid one-to-one sessions in one place, guided by Freya. Choose Skool if you already earn more than about $1,500 a month from one group, your members live in the Skool app, and gamified levels are the core of your experience.

People looking for a Skool alternative usually search for a "Skool community alternative", a "free Skool alternative" or a "platform like Skool" with lower fees.

Price and fees at a glance

What it costs to sell $1,000, $5,000, $20,000 a month

At $1,000 a month in sales, Allied Tribes costs less: $96 against $109 on Skool. At $5,000 a month in sales, Skool costs less: $244 against $436 on Allied Tribes. At $20,000 a month in sales, Skool costs less: $679 against $1,411 on Allied Tribes. These are all-in monthly costs on each platform's cheapest plan for that revenue.

Assumes US card payments, an average sale of $50, and the cheapest plan on each platform at that revenue. Where a platform adds card processing on top of its own fee, Stripe's standard 2.9% + $0.30 is used. Member limits, taxes, currency conversion, payout fees and add-ons are not included.

Where Skool wins

• Lower cost at higher revenue. Skool Pro's 2.9% already includes card processing, so past a crossover point Skool Pro costs less than any Allied Tribes plan. The cost table above shows where that line falls.
• An established discovery directory. Skool's directory already sends people to groups. Allied Tribes' Listed Tribes directory is new.
• Mature gamification. Levels, a leaderboard and content that unlocks by level are central to how Skool works. Allied Tribes has points and leaderboards, but not level-based unlocks.
• Native mobile apps that many members already have installed. Allied Tribes runs in the phone browser and installs to the home screen; its native store apps are on the way.
• Simplicity. Skool deliberately does fewer things, so there is less to set up.

Where Allied Tribes wins

• A free plan with no monthly fee. Skool's cheapest plan is $9 a month. Allied Tribes Pro is $11 a month for 11 Tribes.
• Freya, a built-in AI guide that sets up your Tribe, drafts posts and course content, and answers questions on every page.
• Adepts: sell paid one-to-one help as written answers or scheduled video calls, with payment held until you deliver.
• Live video rooms built in, with no separate meeting tool.
• Events and webinars with RSVPs and paid tickets.
• Child Tribes under a parent Tribe, so one organization can run a Tribe per team, cohort or office.
• Tips on posts, messages and expert profiles.
• Pay-per-view posts that members unlock.
• A public creator page at alliedtribes.com/p/your-name with your offers in one place.

Moving from Skool to Allied Tribes

There is no automatic import from Skool today, so the move is a fresh setup. Freya does most of it with you:

1. Create a free account and tell Freya what your Tribe is for.
2. Freya sets up the Tribe and its first posts.
3. Add your Lessons, events and paid membership tiers.
4. Connect your own Stripe account so payouts go straight to you.
5. Share your invite link with your Skool members.

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